James Kelley - First Generation

James Kelley was born about 1710 in Baltimore County, Maryland. There has been no definitive proof of his parentage, but several researchers have proposed them as being James Kelley Sr. and his wife, Mary.

James Kelley married Prudence Logsdon on 2 Sep 1735 at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Baltimore, Maryland. (1) They had eleven children as follows: Mary married John Banks, Patience or Prudence Kelley married Mr. Reeves, Nathan Kelley, Honor Kelley married Benjamin Jones, James Kelley Jr., John Kelley married MIss Greenbrier, Eleanor married James Murphy, Charles Kelley married Jemima Crownover, Susanna Kelley, Ann Kelley, and Thomas Deye Kelley married Charity Gorsuch.

I am a direct descendant of James Kelley through his son, Thomas Deye Kelley.